“But don’t be afraid of those who threaten you. For the time is coming when everything that is covered will be revealed, and all that is secret will be made known to all.” Matthew 10:26 NLV
On our walk we encountered a young girl and her mother near the park. The girl smiled at Famous, and her mother said to me, “Hello. She wants a dog. Is yours friendly?” I assured her he was. “Well, then, she can see him, but not me,” as she kept her distance on the other side of her car. Famous sat down as the girl patted his head and stroked his ears and said how soft he was. He wanted to sniff inside the open car door, and then we left. I knew that if there was ever a dog who could be petted while I was around, it would be Famous.
The mother did not elaborate on her own fear of dogs, nor did I attempt to change her mind in one afternoon. But as I said good-bye, I did wish the girl luck in getting her own dog.
I have learned there is a difference between instinctive fear and fears which are developed. One is there to protect us. The other limits us from our full potentials. I do believe if we understood now what we will understand in the time to come our fears would melt away in an instant.
Teach me to walk in Your footsteps, Lord, and learn Your wisdom so that I will fear no evil.
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